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Chapter 8-Worried Raven Boy
A raven haired boy sat in the waiting room of a hospital. His fingers were intertwined with each other and his chin rested on it.
A posture he used when he was in deep thought.
His onyx eyes were glazed lost as he recounted the events which occurred.
Flashback
The bell rang throughout the entire school, signaling it was time for lunch.
He had come out a few seconds late from class because he misplaced his books, and now he was being chased by a horde of fan girls.
He ran through the hall ways of the school, passing numerous classes and lockers.
He is one of the fastest runners, and he maneuvered pass the students easily.
But his fan girls are getting faster and smarter…
A group of cheer leaders were standing across the hall way, and a larger group behind him hot on his heels.
Before the cheerleaders realize he was there he went for the closest room and slammed the door shut.
The lights were dark as he stumbled to find the switch.
He eventually found it, turning the lights on, he realize he was in the janitor's closet because of the mops and other cleaning utensils on one side.
He has a keen sense of sight, hearing and smell but those were irrelevant for anyone who entered the room would immediately notice the smell of blood.
Fresh blood…
Curious, he let his nose led him to the source of the smell and his throat constricted at the sight.
There lay a bruised and bloody body, leaning on one of the walls.
The white school uniform was drenched in blood, and a pair of glasses lay broken and forgotten beside it.
The head hung low, and the hands were limp in the side as numerous blue and black bruises were seen at the exposed skin. Some blood was found on the neck and on the corners of the mouth which was slightly open.
But what surprised him the most is the messy pink hair which belonged to the body. Her long silky pink hair was now cut above the shoulders, messy, uneven and covered in dirt.
Some of the pink locks lay scattered on the floor mixed with blood and more dirt.
"SAKURA!!!" he had shouted rushing towards her and shaking her in hopes of waking her from unconsciousness but no such luck.
He picked her up bridal style and rushed out of the janitor's closet, running through the hallways while ignoring the stares directed at him and the bundle in his arms.
He happened to pass naruto who caught the sight of pink and informed the rest of his friends and sakura's friends.
He went to the school clinic's first who called the ambulance the second the nurse saw sakura's disoriented body.
The ambulance arrived a little while later as they placed her on the bed and rushed to the hospital.
Sasuke had followed them in his car and watched dimly as the nurses rushed to meet their patient and as they ran to the emergency room.
Sasuke wasn't aloud to go in, much to his disappointment and so he was left to wait in the waiting room unsure of what would've happen.
End of flashback
Naruto, Neiji, Shikamaru, Ino, tenten and hinata had all arrived her a few minutes later and were all waiting anxiously in the waiting room.
Strangely, they didn't realize that hinata was sitting in between her cousin and naruto (who was closer than neiji) and tenten on the other side of neiji.
Ino was fidgeting in her seat and sometime she would get up and walk about unable to stay still despite shikamaru's protests.
Half an hour of waiting, a woman with really large bust and blond hair tied in two low pony tails walked in. She wore a hair band in the wrong way as it covered most of her forehead.
She stopped in front of the anxious teens and with a polite yet impatient and worried voice she asked, "Is the patient's name Haruno Sakura, I mean Sakura Haruno?"
The teen nodded and they watched as her sapphire eyes widen and she immediately burst in the room.
"Doctor Tsunade!!" shouted were heard from the room and than they could hear the busy bustling of nurses walking to and fro.
Sasuke caught a glimpse of pink covered by a white blanket and numerous machines hooked on her as doctors hovered her with dangerous utensils. Than the door was closed…
Fear gripped sasuke…How bad were the wounds? It couldn't be that bad could it?
But then he remembered the limp and bloody sakura sprawled on the cold janitor's floor, his fear worsens.
For once in his life he felt uncertain….he felt scared…
In the past week sakura had broken past the barriers of his heart and wriggle herself in it. Something some girls found impossible to do no matter how long or how hard they tried. Yet she managed with little effort and in less than a week.
Sasuke had felt a bond between himself and the pink haired girl though he wasn't sure of what it is. He experienced a feeling he had never felt before.
Friendship? Trust? Love?
When they first met he thought she was beautiful. Her petite body was graceful and attractive in its own way without any plastic surgery. Her face was flawless, without any make up and numerous times sasuke had found him lost in the deep pools of green.
She never swooned, flirt or throw herself on him.
She had never sought his attention cause she had already earned it freely and she isn't afraid to speak her mind.
He treasured the brief conversation they had even if most of the time it was teasing and making fun of each other. He enjoyed the silence they shared when they are in each others company.
He hated the thought of her going out with any boy, even if it was his best friend. And he loathed watching her speak with other guys.
He thought she looked cute when she flush or get angry which is why he loved to tease her.
He liked to see her smirk. It was an amused or arrogant smirk he often used. But even so, it wasn't the seductive smirk or flirtiest smile girls send at him.
He loved to hear her laughter which according to him sound likes the birds singing melodiously and making his insides flutter.
And her smile…
God, how much he loved to see her angelic smile which could immediately brighten up his mood. He loved how her lips would curve upwards and her emerald eyes glistening with happiness. It was infectious for he always found himself fighting the urge to smile back.
Few times he had caught himself looking at her longingly, wanting to embrace her, hug her, protect her, kiss her…
And when he saw her hurt, he was furious, helpless, scared…
Than it hit him like a ton of bricks…
He is falling in love with the pink haired girl…
Scratch that for he had already landed.
He is in love with Sakura Haruno.
He prayed silently, he haven't prayed for a long time but now seems like a good time to start.
He prayed she would be ok, that nothing would happen to her after he had just discovered his feelings for her.
They waited outside anxiously for a good 6 hours. Tenten had fallen asleep and her head had drooped on neiji's shoulder who was faintly blushing the entire time.
Finally, one of the doctors walked out of the emergency room and sasuke immediately jumped to his feet followed by the others. Tenten had also immediately woken up.
"How is she?" sasuke asked anxiously.
"She made through, it seems she was badly beaten up and abused. Whoever did this should be charged for serious offence. What's more, she already had wounds that haven't healed completely and had just reopened. We managed to save her though, another hour late and she would have died of blood loss." The doctor said and sasuke breathed out a sigh of relief.
"You can go see her now." He said and without a word they all rushed to the room where tsunade had just finished talking to sakura.
The pink haired girl was sitting on the hospital bed covered by bandages and was wearing a white hospital gown. Her hair was messed up and short and an IV tube was connected to her.
"You guys?" she asked surprised while Ino immediately rushed to her side and gave her a furious hug.
"Ow! Ino!"
"Sorry." She said sheepishly loosening her grip.
They all took turns to hug her when finally they barraged her with questions.
"Who did this to you?"
"What do you mean? A shelf fell on me." She said obviously lying through her teeth.
"Don't give me that bullshit. There were no fallen shelves when I found you." Sasuke said angry while sakura eyed the floor.
"I was beaten up…" she mumbled but they all caught it.
"Who?" sasuke demanded but she kept quiet.
"Sakura, who!!" sasuke shouted that she flinched slightly at how angry he sound.
"Fan girls…" she whispered and all their eyes widen.
"Is it Jennifer?" Shikamaru asked and sakura's eyes widen in surprise which proves his theory is correct.
"She's one of the presidents of your fan club." Shikamaru explained resulting in sasuke cursing loudly.
"I'll make them pay!" he said eyes threatening to change to red.
"No! Please just let it go..." sakura begged.
"But-"
"No!!" she said firmly, her emerald eyes bores at sasuke's onyx ones.
He gave out a frustrated sigh and stuck his hands in is pocket in defeat while sakura smiled at him in gratitude.
"Come here forehead girl. I'll fix your hair." Ino said holding a pair of scissors.
Sakura shifted so her back was facing Ino as she started to trim her hair.
"When can sakura leave?" tenten asked.
"Tomorrow morning." Tsunade replied.
Today is Friday, so tomorrow would be the start of the weekend.
Most of the time she would have missions on the Saturday or Sundays but since she is hurt than tsunade excused her from all the missions.
She remembered how furious she was when she woke up.
Flashback
"Sakura, What are you thinking?!!" tsunade shouted while sakura grinned sheepishly.
"I'm not allowed to fight back remember." She reasoned and tsunade slightly calmed down.
"You could have died."
"Than I'll take the secret of anbu to my grave." Sakura said her eyes full of determination that it surprised tsunade.
She tried to reason her but none of it went through sakura's thick head. She challenged all her arguments with swift and precise evidence sometimes twisting tsunades words and throwing it back at her.
Tsunade let out a frustrated sigh and gave up trying to convince her to fight back, "Stubborn girl." She muttered ruffling sakura's short hair.
End of flashback